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Air India
introduces on
the spot payment
for upgrade |
Air India has
introduced a
scheme to
upgrade
passengers on
the basis of
spot payment of
cash at
airports. The
scheme is called
'Get Up Front'
and is
applicable for
both domestic
and
international
sectors.
The upgrade at
airport is
subject to
availability of
seats and on
First Come First
Served Basis and
also subject to
the physical
presence of a
guest at the
check-in
counter. The
scheme is being
publicized
through text
cards at the
airports.
The following
measures have
been taken to
make Air India
competitive with
private
airlines:
Induction of
brand new
aircraft on
several domestic
& international
routes to
increase
passenger
appeal; Phasing
out & grounding
of old fleet; On
Time Performance
(OTP) is being
monitored at the
highest level
within Air India
on daily basis.
A video
conference is
anchored by
Integrated
Operation
Control Centre (IOCC)
every day in
which the
representatives
of operating
departments from
four regions
participate to
review the
previous day's
operation and
evolve process
improvement
wherever
possible. This
information was
given by Dr.
Mahesh Sharma,
Minster of State
for Civil
Aviation, in a
written reply to
a question in
the Lok Sabha.
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Better air
connectivity to
Bengaluru from
Namma Kudla
starting March |
Come March and
there will be a
flight to the
state capital
every two hours
from this
coastal city. At
present, air
connectivity to
namma Bengaluru
is not an issue
for the city has
nine flights
that touch down
at Kempegowda
International
Airport (KIA)
every day. While
six of these
flights are
operated by Jet
Airways, Spice
Jet operates two
and the latest
entrant to the
Mangaluru sector
- Air Pegasus
one. Jet Airways
will add three
more flights
from March.
J T Radhakrishna,
director,
Mangaluru
International
Airport (MIA)
said Jet Airways
has indicated
that it will add
three more ATR
flights to
Bengaluru
starting March
27. The
additional
flights will
leave MIA at
2pm, 4.55pm and
10.45pm, he
said, adding
even as things
stand now, it is
Jet Airways that
connects
Mangaluru to
Bengaluru last
with its flight
at 8.40pm.
Incidentally,
Jet Airways is
also the first
airline to touch
down at MIA from
KIA at 7am each
day, he noted.
On reasons for
airlines to
plump so much
for
Mangaluru-Bengaluru
sector,
Radhakrishna
surmised that
Bengaluru has
emerged as a hub
for air
travelers from
Mangaluru to
branch out to
any other
domestic or
international
destination. In
fact, air
travelers from
Mangaluru can
now travel to
Delhi, Chennai,
Hyderabad and
even Belagavi
via Bengaluru
with the above
mentioned
airlines
operating to
these
destinations and
these additional
flights will
only increase
their options.
The other sector
that is favoured
by airlines from
Mangaluru is
Mumbai. Jet
Airways has
plans to
introduce an
additional
flight to
Mumbai, also
from March 27.
"We are yet to
get a plan of
action for this
new flight to
Mumbai," he
said. The
additional
flights will
only add to the
growth in
traffic
passenger from
MIA -
international
and domestic
which is
projected to
grow at 22% by
April MIA is the
12th largest
airport handling
domestic,
international
passengers in
India. |
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